Patents by Inventor Yukio MISAKI

Yukio MISAKI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230062651
    Abstract: A crankshaft bearing structure is provided capable of properly lubricating a thrust bearing even when low-viscosity oil is used in an engine. The crankshaft bearing structure includes a crankshaft, a cylinder block, plural journal bearings, and thrust bearings. Each of the plural journal bearings is annularly attached to a respective one of plural crank journals when the crankshaft is rotating. The thrust bearings are attached to a shaft support section, which supports the crank journal, in the cylinder block, to restrict movement of the crankshaft in a direction along an axis. The upper journal bearing annularly attached to the crank journal has a circumferential groove provided in an inner circumferential surface, connected to an oil hole, and extending in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka TAMARI, Shigeru WADA, Yukio MISAKI, Koji KUMAGAI, Tatsunori SASAKI, Takahiro ONDA
  • Patent number: 11536170
    Abstract: A crankshaft bearing structure is provided, in which a crankshaft includes a first crank journal and a second crank journal, and a crank pin disposed therebetween. First upper-and-lower journal bearings and second upper-and-lower journal bearings are attached to the respective crank journals, and each upper bearing includes an oil hole connected to an oil passage to supply oil to between the crank journal and the journal bearings. An in-shaft oil passage is formed in the crankshaft to draw oil from an outer circumferential surface of the second crank journal to an outer circumferential surface of the crank pin. The second upper journal bearing has, on an inner circumferential surface thereof, a circumferential groove connected to the oil hole. The oil is supplied to between the first upper-and-lower journal bearings and the first crank journal, only through a passage passing through the oil hole of the first upper journal bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Tamari, Shigeru Wada, Yukio Misaki, Koji Kumagai, Tatsunori Sasaki, Takahiro Onda
  • Publication number: 20220282647
    Abstract: A crankshaft bearing structure is provided, in which a crankshaft includes a first crank journal and a second crank journal, and a crank pin disposed therebetween. First upper-and-lower journal bearings and second upper-and-lower journal bearings are attached to the respective crank journals, and each upper bearing includes an oil hole connected to an oil passage to supply oil to between the crank journal and the journal bearings. An in-shaft oil passage is formed in the crankshaft to draw oil from an outer circumferential surface of the second crank journal to an outer circumferential surface of the crank pin. The second upper journal bearing has, on an inner circumferential surface thereof, a circumferential groove connected to the oil hole. The oil is supplied to between the first upper-and-lower journal bearings and the first crank journal, only through a passage passing through the oil hole of the first upper journal bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Hirotaka Tamari, Shigeru Wada, Yukio Misaki, Koji Kumagai, Tatsunori Sasaki, Takahiro Onda
  • Patent number: 9441510
    Abstract: A valve system includes: a cam shaft including a shaft section and a plurality of cam element sections; and a plurality of operation members that moves the cam element sections in an axial direction. The plurality of operation members include a common operation member that is provided in common between end face cams opposed to each other of the cam element sections of two cylinders disposed adjacent to each other and continuous in ignition order and that engages with the respective end face cams when both the cam element sections are close to each other, and individual operation members that are individually provided for end face cams opposed to each other of the cam element sections of two cylinders disposed adjacent to each other and discontinuous in ignition order and end face cams located at opposite ends of a cylinder row and that engage with the respective end face cams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Noda, Shigeki Komatsu, Yukio Misaki
  • Publication number: 20150330270
    Abstract: A valve system includes: a cam shaft including a shaft section and a plurality of cam element sections; and a plurality of operation members that moves the cam element sections in an axial direction. The plurality of operation members include a common operation member that is provided in common between end face cams opposed to each other of the cam element sections of two cylinders disposed adjacent to each other and continuous in ignition order and that engages with the respective end face cams when both the cam element sections are close to each other, and individual operation members that are individually provided for end face cams opposed to each other of the cam element sections of two cylinders disposed adjacent to each other and discontinuous in ignition order and end face cams located at opposite ends of a cylinder row and that engage with the respective end face cams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro NODA, Shigeki KOMATSU, Yukio MISAKI